Snake!

Wife always hated and was scared of snakes. She also hates screaming kids!

We were in a pet shop one day and 4-5 girls, teenagers, were just screeching and screaming about a Burmese Python that the owner allowed you to hold and have your pic taken.

Finally the wife had had enough and hollered for them to "Shut Up! All you have to do is pick it up!" And danged if she didn't reach into the pit and hoist it up to show the girls! About the time the snake turned itself around and looked into her eyes she realized what she had done, and started hollering at me to get it off.

I made her walk to the other end of the store where the photo booth was and paid to have the pic taken. As I recall, it was a small one, about 7-8' and 75 #.

She's calmer now! We find them often on the farm. She calls me to ID them, then she'll even move them herself if I say it's safe.
We learned a lot at a reptile place one summer. Got to handle moccasins. Learned more about how mean rattlers can be. I already knew about water snakes They're mean and will bite out of meanness or just are misquided about what's food. They will swim up to you and poke you! If you stare back, they'll poke again! Harder! Mocs are calm and tend not to bite if not stepped on.

Oh, if you cna refrain from yanking, jerking and other sudden moves, when a non-poisionous one bits, hold still and it will let go and NOT tear your skin. Jerk, and skin is removed and often gets infected. One corn snake bit my thumb three times before deciding it couldn't swallow it! Small guy about 18" long.

It must be spring, we saw two today.
One was a black rat snake hiding underneath a rock I wanted.
The other was a cute little green snake that kept on wanting to hide under our vehicle.
They're both good guys.

This Cobra looking fella showed up last year on the farm.
He'd lunge at us with mouth wide open and head flared. The 'book' we read on snakes said his type plays dead and rolls over when threatened. We didn't see that behavior at all.